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To WEoM 1T MAY CONCEEN;

-Be it Yknown that I, ABRM. G, NEWKIRK, of the borough of Warren, in the county of Warren, and State of'Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Machine for Cleaning Lamp-Chimneys; and I do hereby dechire that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of my invention and discovery, and of the manner and process ot' making, constructing, using, and compounding the saure, referencev being had tofthe annexed drawing, which is made'apart of this specification.

B B are a wire or piece of brass orother metal or metallic substance, bent double, and the ends securly fastened at D D to the handle A A.- ,C is a curve or bow in the wire or other, metallic substance, so shaped as to most nearly adapt itself tojthe shane of the innel surface of a. glass chimney of a lamp. The handle A A is of Wood, and composed of two pieces, so made that the pieces can be drawn-apart, as in Figure 2, 'and kept in'their places when closed Vby the pins E E.

The manner of preparing lthe instrument for use is te separatethe pieces composing the handle A A, as represented in iig. 2, and inserting between B B a. piece ouquantity of paper, cloth, or other suitable material, and pushing such material up to the curve C, in such a manner as to have it extend outwardly from the curve C, und cover the-same. Then close the handle A A, as. represented in Figure 1, which keepsthe paper, cloth, or other material firmly in its place at C, and is ready for use.

I clean chimneys with this machine, by inserting thecurve C, holding the paper or other material, into the lower end of the chimney,'and rubbing with it the moistened surface of the glass chimney until cleaned.

I claim the rod or wire B B, .constructed and bent in the form substantially as shown, and arranged in the manner and for the purpose specied.

ABRAM G. NEWKIEK.

Witnesses DAVID McKELvL G. W. ALLEN. 

